Saw someone talk about this in another forum, that in the heyday of the LP supposedly "discount" record outlets would regularly receive lesser stampings of records made when it was known that the stampers were near or past their useful life cycle. They
believe the current crop of records at Walmart etc. are likely in the same category.

Do you think there's something to that?

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On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 6:07:42 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:

Saw someone talk about this in another forum, that in the heyday of the LP supposedly "discount" record outlets would regularly receive lesser stampings of records made when it was known that the stampers were near or past their useful life cycle. They

believe the current crop of records at Walmart etc. are likely in the same category.

Do you think there's something to that?

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Maybe.

Or, they were stamped on thinner pieces of vinyl. I noticed a lot of budget compilation discs from the '70s and '80s
were stamped on relatively flimsy/floppy records! I cannot speak for the sturdiness of mail order sets like the ones
in this commercial, but I would assume, considering the target market for this example, they were heavier grade:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TP9u_7eSlTQ

(Whew! Does THAT bring back memories or what - especially if you grew up as I did, near a major television
market)

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[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:

Saw someone talk about this in another forum, that in the heyday of the LP = >supposedly "discount" record outlets would regularly receive lesser stampin= >gs of records made when it was known that the stampers were near or past th= >eir useful life cycle. They believe the current crop of records at Walmart = >etc. are likely in the same category.

Do you think there's something to that?

Not necessarily, but they would often receive records later on in their
runs. The popular hit records go to Tower and the Virgin Megastore, and then when they weren't such big hits, they'd start filling up Korvettes record
bins. And the big labels were often trying to get as many records as possible out of a run, often keeping metal around for much longer for pop records than for classical stuff. So I could believe that for big name pop stuff that
might happen.

Wal-Mart is a different issue today because I think most of the disks made
for Wal-Mart are specially pressed just for them... and mastered just for them... and often not mastered or pressed very well because people will buy them anyway...
--scott
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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